TPP has spawned massive propaganda and lies, especially concerning NAFTA and all the other fake

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56. Incidentally YOUR very first link is straight-up RW bullshit so I wouldn't give myself airs:

Another fine production of a Libertarian propaganda organ that dishonestly hides Bush-Cheney's catastrophic economic failure by conflating it with Bill and Barack's success:

"NAFTA at 20: One Million U.S. Jobs Lost, Higher Income Inequality"
Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Posted: 01/06/2014

First of all, the article is linked to an online study that is mostly missing:

http://www.citizen.org/documents/NAFTA-at-20.pdf

Yes I understand that docs sometimes get messed up but she's had nearly two years to fix it. I wonder why she hasn't.

Secondly, the entire premise of the report is that the state of the US economy of Jan. 1, 2014, can be ascribed to the passage of NAFTA in 1993. It cannot. The torpid mess we've been living for the last 15 years is the result of BUSH-CHENEY policies, not Bills, not Barack's. This is so dishonest on the face I can't believe anyone would have the nerve to post it here. It shouldn't need to be explained but since you made nasty remarks I suppose I'm obliged to point out that the premises of your argument are pure right wing propaganda. If you want to see how NAFTA really shook out see the graphs posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026700031

and here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6703062

No net US job loss, no "downward pressure" on wages, steady decreases in unemployment, and steady increases in US employment, for the six straight years after NAFTA went into effect on Jan. 1 1994 -- until Bill Clinton left office. THEN the US economy including employment went straight into the toilet. But keep pointing fingers at other DUers instead of owning up to your own eagerness to believe RW lies.